ஏற்கனவே

• ஏற்கெனவே (ēṟkeṉavē)

From ஏற்கெனவே (ēṟkeṉavē), from ஏற்க (ēṟka, infinitive of ஏல் (ēl)) +‎ எனவே (eṉavē). Compare ஏற்கவே (ēṟkavē).

• IPA^(key): /eːrkɐnɐʋeː/

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ஏற்கனவே • (ēṟkaṉavē)

1. already, before

   Synonym: முன்பே (muṉpē)

• University of Madras (1924–1936), “ஏற்கெனவே”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
• S. Ramakrishnan (1992), “ஏற்கனவே, ஏற்கெனவே”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page [1]
• Johann Philipp Fabricius (1779), “ஏற்கனவே”, in A Malabar and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House; republished as Tamil and English Dictionary, 1972
• David W. McAlpin (1981), “ஏற்கனவே”, in A Core Vocabulary for Tamil, Philadelphia: Dept. of South Asia Regional Studies, University of Pennsylvania, page [2]